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Tudaait Corn.

Like many other members of the vast
and valuable vegetable kingdom, IndiaR
corr Of maize has long attracted tho at
tcntion OF writers, and its origin has
been the occasion Of much discussion,
1t was long ago the custom Of certais
classes of authors I'd attribute almost
cvery plant and animal to Eastern origin,
probably on tho theory that il was il
chat hemisphere the Garden Of Eden wal
believed to have been placed, and mani
things, all the way from potatoes to tur
KEYS. were traced across the sca. All.
| Dhonse de Candolle, the eminent botanl
Isl, thoroughly examined tho subjec
thirty years ago, and states that ssEnaizs
ii IF American origin, and was not intro
| dueea INTO the old world until after tn
discovery Of the new The carly dis
| coversrs found IL II cultivation BIZ th'
indians f America I'LL the way from Nes
England to Chill. There are evidence
that Ii was raised Id South America lons
before Tie conquest of Perm, = yaEie
lies not 1t present cultivated q tha
country have been discovered there !
komb which antcdata the Ineaa uat !
uraia has been found g Eggp store
w5fa nannIa 100 geaFs Old e
sMa~4sss fnYfas Tram their resting
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Metropolitan Fashion.

Fhe Broadway milliners Gave inaugu-
,sted j very pretty fashion. It is to
AL their windows with natural flowers.
nd rule seems to be to display only a
1.anle Of bonnets and to attrnct atten-
IN Ii Them by a superb basket of cut roses
aswhatever other flower happens to be the
s3 for the day. Nothing could be finer
lkau onc Of these windows thus arranged.
NH 1 woman's taste could hit upon the
;dsa and it is certain to find general ac-
sepsance. Indeed ! have noticed%hat
sonlc other shops beside the milliners
have commenced to adopt the practice,
ND / suppose w shall soon have it
carried 10 the usual extreme that willrob
81 al charm. 1t will be a fattering
ssibute tbs the inventor but q pity for
Ae invention.-[New York News.
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Brussels Lace.

Brussels lace is celebrated all over the
vofld. and we must not fail to visit one
II fle places where this beautiful and
costly lace is made. Here we see a
humber Of women, very quiet, very
Ssatly dressed, and in some cases with
wonderfully delicate and soft-looking
hands, although they are all plain work
k#omcn. Each is busy ~fnshioning
e delicate pattern of a piece of lace,
SH N Is said that each woman has d
Mf.ssn Of her own, which she always
makes, ana which, perhaps, descended
ii her from her mother and grand
nofher9 Some Of the women are work
ag Oh cushions, with pins and bobbins,
hid some are using needles and the
Aae ind most delicate of thread. We
sIs tod that this thread is all made by
had, and it IS so delicate that il has to
iii SPIN Id dump cellars, because in the
m upper ali it would break before it is
flushed. There are old women in Brus-
sel Who have spsnt nearly all their lives
nning IA cellars.-[st Nicholas.
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Great Little Things.

t.Where do all the pins gog' How
often this question has been asked al d
never answered satisfactorily. They arc
made by the billion, and hundreds OF
persons earn good wages in their pro-
duction. Naugatuc valley, Connecticut,
is sometimes jestingly spoken of as pin
county. because of the large stops en-
ployed exclusively in making lese lit
lie but very useful adjuncts II clothing,
and the small army of work people in
their employ. Stick a pin here, reader,
and think fora moment Of the old Scotch
proverb, MANY a micklc makes .
muckle.n
How many canary birds do you sup
pose there are in the United Statess
More than five million. These birds are
busy feeders and great MASTERS OF seed.
they are the occasion Of many indus
tries. Hundreds of tons Of brass and
IRON wire are annually made into cages
for their benefit, and the world IS ran
sacked to provide then with food. The
three principal see Is, canary, rape and
hemp. on which they live, are brought
from Europe. Eleven million pounds
Of these were imported last year fre n
Spain and the Mediterranean ports. Be-
sides these there are other seeds, like
millet and wheat, imported for thes.
pets of the households the whole bulb
weighing fully $500 tons. Think of thu
hundreds of families in Europe to who's
livelihood these birds contribute, Of tn,
ships whose cargpes they help to swell
of the transportation and express com
panies in this country to whom they
furnish business, and of the stores scat
tered all over the land that deal in thes'
seeds, finding them m important item Q
their daily trade.
This is the season for thu importation
OF bulbs. One day recently three steam
, ers landed in New York with man.
! hundred thousand. The great seedmel
Of that city were in q hurry to ger then
I fcr their customers all Owe the countr
!. were waiting for them The docks wei
! crowded with their drays. Their cu'
) tom house brokers were hastanin
3 through the routine to further the
wishes. One importer alone paid th'
] day moro than $500 duty ona tulip
4 ~ionquils, lilies and other like littl
E Observation-Disclosures Record.
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Fashion FancIes.

Military styles rule in the jackets OF
the season.
Brocaded velvet is in great favor fol
wraps, long and short.
Partisan authorities say that bright
colors will rule in dress.
Pearls seem to be the favorites among
precious stones just now.
The new sashes are very wide, very
handsome and very expensive.
Plaids are still worn, but only in com.
bination with plain dress goods.
Silk passementeries are much employed
in the yokes of dressy costumes.
Shot velvets and shot ribbons are
most fashionable IN French millinery.
Competent authorities say that the
leading color for the winter is to be
blue.
The new corded silks, firm but soft,
have superseded all Jersey materials fol
bodices.
Matched toilets from bonnet to boot
heel will be 1.-THE correct" and expensive
thing this winter.
Vests Of silk ara arranged in diaggona
folds, just as the thin silks were used Il
summer costumes.
Short raps Of all sorts are in grea'
favor just now. They are as varied y
shape aasin material.
Wood bronzed and tawny tints are u
high favor, both plain and as a groune
work for stripes and plaids.
The ~polonaise Inns been revived nnde
the name Of ablouse,n and Is rnucl
worn, especially By younger m
Small fancy buttons are used upol
outside jackets having vests, but plat
lasting or bone buttons upon the sim
plaAcoats.
The old-timc gros grain silks are seel
no more. They have been entlrel
superseded By the more durable fall
Francois.
The prevailing notion in color J
niridescence." 1t appears in plush
velvet. silk and ribbons, and especial
in plumage.
changeable repped velvet i 9 novelty
XII 2E&A
Gold with blue, black with red q p
ang@ red with green, and brown wit
|, blue are the principal combinations.
Girdles n iet beads massed r.
thick coli with long tassels at the enc
are shown, to be worn with blac
dresses, and Others of colored beat
J may be had K match the color Of Y
, dress with which they are worn.
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Edfe III the Ocean's Depths.

Fishes are not very common in deep
water, and until lately it was thought
there were mona chiefly because Of the
immense pressure being 4 ton per
square inch for every 1000 fathoms.
AS sunlight fails about 200 fathons
down, vegetable life also ceases, and as
4 consequence deep sea- fishes arc
-carnivorous. The most Toraciols often
eat their own offspring, chile others are
nourished BY aniuaalculm, which ike q
constant rain, settle down from the
HIGHER waters. Some are blind, some
have ordinary eyes, others have phos-
phorescent p~rotuberances to furnish
them with light. Sir g. Wyyllle
Thompson (of the Challenger says that
animals Of aii the marine invertebrate
classes, and probably fishes also, exist
iii over the floor d the ocean. So laI
the greatest depth reached by 4 dredgs
Is which fish were enclosed IS 1901
fathoms; but the specimen thus OBJ
tained belongs 10 i species which seems
Is be abundant II upper strata Of tn
Atlantic and Pacific, and was therefor
most likely caught By the dredge II y
ascent. The next greatest depth, va.
$3.50 fathoms, must be accepted as on
1. s.b;ch As1,es undoubtedly do live. fh
ISL obtained ii this depth q the At
lantic showing By its whole habit tha
i il i form living On the bottom.
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Po,,,sI0tfo,a Of the World.

The human family now living on the
earth consists of i, 45O, 900, 600 individ-
uals. not less ta:.an this number and
probably more. They are SO distributed
over the earth's surface that there are
now no parts of any size still uninhab-
tied. In Asia, where there is little
doubt the human race first existed,
there are now approximately about $780,
600, 600, an average for the entire con-
Iaent of 100 to the square mile. Tho
cherries and thinly populated steppes
of Siberiasecduce the average OF popu-
lation for this continent, which in some
parts is the most closely packed quarter
of thc globe. Thus, throughout Hindo-
stan an average of 172 persons to the
square mile, and in China proper each
| square mile represents a population OF
s26. The population of Europe is about
$50, 600, 900, averaging 100 to the square
mile. not SO crowded as in Asia, but
everywhere dense, and overpopulated
at all points. Africa has an estimat-
ed population of some 210, 000, 900. or
about eighteen to the sqsare mile. But
this can be a mere approximation only,
as so much of the continent is still UNI
explored. America has a population
estimated at about los, 600, 900, rela-
lively thinly scattered, and averaging
altogether not more than seven to the
square mile. On all the islands OF the
oceans there are probably 10, 900, 600 Oh
mhabitants. The white people of the
human race are estimated at about $50,
900. 900, the blacks at some $50, O00, oooi
the rest are of intermediate color. U
the entire race some 500, 900, 900 are
we'll clothed, that is comfortably and
entirely; ZOO, 900, 900 are partly clothed,
and some $50. 900, 600 are practically
naked. Some 500, 600, 600 may be sale
tdllve in houses partly furnished Will
The appointments of civilization, 500,
300, 600 live in huts or caves with no at
tempt at furnishing them with an.
~luxuries or scarcely convenience, 2eO,
900, 600 and more have nothing tina
can be called a homo. Fully three
ffths Of the race, therefore, lie leloy
the line which the civilization of til
Anglo-saxon would fix as the loves
limit at which deprivation and discom
fort can be endured. OF course tn
above is a division by races, and take
no account of the great nee ly class j
cities of civilized countries. -[lntel
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Recipes.

ROASTED EGGs.--Prick a hole N each
egg shell with a pin. Wrap the egg in
wet paper and put into hot ashes to
cook. Fifteen minutes should cook
them. Serve S boiled eggs.
PARSLEY VINEGAR.---Fill a preserve
bottle with parsley leaves, freshly gath
cred and washed, and cover with vine-
gar, Screw down the top and set aside
for two or three weeks. Then strain off
the vinegar, add salt and cayenne pepper
to taste, bottle and cork. Use on cold
meats, cabbage, etc, as you would
Worcestershire sauce.
@SPoNGE JELLY RoLL.--Four eggs,
/ 1-a cups of sugar, n tablespoonful
baking pdesder; beat tho whites sepa-
rately, and the sugar and yolks together
till very light: then add part Of the
whites, then a cup OF flour, then beat
good, then a little moro flour, then the
rest of the whites, and stir easy, put in
and bake. Spread and roll as quick as
you an.
DELICIOUS PUDDING.--TWo egg and
their weight in butter, sugar and flour.
Have the butter soft and mix it with
the sugar. Beat the whites and yolki
Of the eggs separately, and mix with TIL
butter and sugar; add the grated pee
OF half a lemon, and stir in the sifted
flour. Pour into a buttered pan, filling
q little over half full, and bake in
moderate wen.
STRING BEANS .-Gather the bean
while they are young and place them j
q strong brine of salt and water. In
day or two they will turn yellow, whei
they must be removed and wiped dry
Boil the requisite quantity Of vinegar
with the usual spices, and when boiling
pour it over the beans. a small piece Q
alum, or a teaspoonful Of potash, viii
speedily bring back tbs, color Of tn
beans. Cover the vessel containing til
pickles in order to retain the steam, an
the next day roboil the vinegar an
again pour it over the beans. Put thel
into bottles, but do not tie down Il
quite cold.
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PosToFFIeEs were first established
in Paris in 1462; in England, 1881; in
Germany, 1641 in Turkey, 1740.
paid :, coli Coin.

In Dec, 1885, LIS. johnson q 20, e custom
House ST., Boston, Ma$Roffered eight prenl-
ums payable in gold c0lwhich they say crea1
ted q great interest al png people VINO Kept
hens, 50 much SO, in fatuf that they autn9raezgs
rs to say that they shaa loffer NOV. ISL, 1871,
another list of premiumSeFor the 6ests resuits
from the use Of Sherid3rSSs Powder to MAKE
Hens Lay. OF course al, o compete canhos
get one of the WemiumSnn Spme Of the last
Years reports a5mt us Sc hthat Inc parties
ought to have been we'll Drsfed # they had
not rS5eived any other sdaIefit thar, the m
crease Of eggs they got while making ale triai.
For example the first premium was twenty
Ave dollars taken by G. a. French, Wasnihg-
| ton. n. H.,who fed thirty hens the Sherldans
| Powder for eight weeks. The first week ne 5 Sc
! only ten eggs; the third week the hens laid ~
eggs, and the eighth week 2S eggs. During the
eefRghf weeks trial he got 1903 eggs which, at the
| price of eggs in Boston or New York marRets
In mid-winter, would have yielded S4b.dg, or
| IA. rs for each hen in eight weeks time. Con-
Aering the small expense of keeping a men no
! animal on a farm will pay ike tiat. me
/, fourth premium, which was ten dollars, Went
TO Mrs. E.. B. Carlin, Conklin Centre, N: 4,
who in the eight weeks received from IorIy
hens 1907 eggs. The first week she only go1
as eggs, but the last week 2T eggs. !.
This clearly demonstrates That the use OF
l Sheridan's Powder to Make Hens Lay will Ill
! crease the profit several hundred per cent.
johnson q Co. will send two % cent PACKS OF
SheridansP Powder postpaid TO any aadreSs Ioi
M cents in postage stamps; or a largezA pound
can Of Powder for $1.0. To each person. or
dering q large can as above they willsend fres
one &Spy Of the Farmers Poultry duide
!, tprice. Is cents.
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to . familiar with his hfe.--[Nash
vile American.
Donnsts in New York.

- #sHMANN AE ##MGM
HDo you know Who wears the besi
bonnet in New York;,
Mrs. Willie Astor perhaps, or Mrs.
Burke-Roche.n
They know a good bonnet wher
they sec it, and so does Mrs. Frederick
Jones, but for an infailible Judge o.
headgear commend me to Mrs. Marshal
Roberts. She never makes a mistake
her bonnets are genuine. She buy
from thirty to forty every year, and he,
milliner's bill runs well up into tht
thousands
This scrap of conversation took place
in my presence at a private exhibitiono OF
Partisan models" in the parlor of ,
high-priced uptown establishment.
Miss Adele Grant is more beautiful.
In q bonnet than without one,n the first
speaker went on, because she under
stands perfectly just what tints ant
shapes will make q charming setting TO
her charming face. That is where sh,
gets an advantage over the Boston
beauty, for Miss Winslow persists il
wearing cold colors that do not warm Vi
her skin. Mrs. Coleman Drayton is al
ways well bonneted. Mrs. Edith Kingdol
Gould has spent an immense amount 0
money on bonnets the past year. Dor
wheeler, the artist, designs a grea
many of her own bonnets, and the
couldn't well be improved upoa. Mrs
Glider, wife Of r. w. Glider, of tn
Century, has exquisite taste in bonnets
and Mrs. Helm, Helen Dauvray's sister
is a connoisseur in that line. A bonnie
is q work of art nowadays. 1t takes a
artist to design it and choose it for you
Yet millinery, as q whole, is better no
than ever it was before"
There are 10, 600 milliners in Ne,
York and Brooklyn-abcut . boant
builder to every fifty adult women
New York Letter.
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HI, Hook BIZ by GrO0Hc.

various derivations have been given
of the oft used phrase, by hook Or BY
crook.sa one ii that IN ancient DAYS fhc
NOR ii / manor were allowed BY the
owners to 60 intothe forests with their
hooks and crookup to get wo6d. What
they could not reach with their hooks
4hey might pull down with their crooks.
The .Boaniin Register English 1920
says: sasynnnro Wood was evcr open
and common to the inhabitants q Bod
min, to bear away upon their backs 9
burden of Top, crop, hook, crook ano
haywood. Another version = tilat
after tie Great Fire of London 1000
IT'D BOUNDARY marks of fhe different
nroperties were "a hard 70 define aecu'
rately andshea decisions Of the lar court.
50 conflicting that matters were placso
II tho hands 81 two smart lawyeri
mined Hook mad Crook hence the SAY
inc. We must set # settled 81 ho0s
Is rroak: al Irish origin ii claimed
ISL liz phrase bythe people vt Mater
sord. Who sir that when strongbow 81
III line ii Horny H.) invaded Ireland
ha determined u make his descent n
IS country 81 Hook Head g srooa
pain6. ssviaa asat he would haxs So
..ss IN Fp0k ii Nraoks'
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FOL THE
Practical Economy.

Bcef drippngs should be used for
frying instead of butter.
A scant cup of butter will often make
q lighter cake than a full cup.
Three eggs can many times take the
place of five in cakes and buildings.
Bones, with the addition of q little
meat and vegetables, make a palatable
soup.
Stewcd fruits require less sweetening,
if the sugar is added after the fruit is
cooked aud cold.
Pieces of bread can be dried in the
oven, pounded fine, and then used il
making pdi1dings, or as t%hickening fol
soup, ctc.-RuraI New Yorker.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Woman of Energy.

ss H the most energetic and Success
b,.siness women in New York man-
.sss ] big institution for supplying and
.ssIn;ng stenograpliers and typc-writers.
Nv 4 al expert IN both arts and under
ss.8.ls thcm thoroughly. A few years
srosI,e started out alone to earn her
'ssn living BY such work whenever she
saaia find it to do. Now she has sixty
8 seventy pupils in her school-rooms,
.eore of busy typo-writers in her copy
Il, oaaices and directs a bureau of opera
~ and shorthand writer's. -Good
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me Honesty of women.

Women are being employed moro and
mere Is book-ke,pars and cashiers, and
De Mowcd ground Of this employment
6thsE they are more honest than men.
PROFESSIONALLY they are 50 up to this
time and it Is probable that they will,
aEe some permanent adSantage in that
Wig. Their normal instincts are some
Dat higher and their temptations less
d. tho side Of p%eriloas ~indulgeness. But
has been pointed out moro than nee
by Tie moro cautious friends Of women
thaE good deal Of the present eaoral
advantages 81 that sex ii matters Of
honesty comes simply from inexperience.
They have hitherto had 80 little to do
with The direct handling Of money that
hey regard il with mere reverence than
men the bare thought Of an irregularity
llEnls them, the conscience is wholly
fresh ana sensitive; they cannot con
eslge how . person an wrong another
INF Of adime and live. Moreover, they
SeFTate the difficulties and psrils conse-
sat 81 wrong doing. a young book
per told me once that whenever hel
1ants failed to balance, If il were
y single cent, she felt Al If a po-
nap we're just coming in at the door.
Il we end the case to be with lend
ssohsyany prudent person would
lend 1t 10 q woman than to q mar
Hse be knows that the chance Of re
ens i@greater, I'll thepresents state
aslsty 4 debt Of SIS seems d tremen
AlaIr to a woman and a very small
3 ! man but let that woman Dor
a repay afew times, and the fin'
es sehsibiIity begins to yea off
g a Il does with a man, but NOR
aarpefs Bazaar.
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Pat Eyerything ON the weather.

Two ladies who had not seen each
other for years recently met in the
street. They recognized each other
after a time, and their recognition was
cordial. $50 delighted to see you
again. Why, you are scarcely altered. "
$50 glad, and how little changed you
are. Why, how long is itsince we met ?"
aAbout ten years" sand why have
you neyer been to see me?" "My dear,
Just look at the weather we have had. "
Leeds Mercury.
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zskEna Too Mmch

ssEthcl. he said syon ars very dear
1, n. love you 10 distraction, but
c,nnot help wishiag that you wculdnt
eIew nm
NslI. al. aaifkin 80
afawiag herself p proaslE so1
think ] am gog g swallow ml Egg
Nithont chewing Joa 81 nasssA
OIL waa zsat snaas 81 swall0N
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The two-legged crank is the hardest to tur
Professional Etiquette

prevents some doctors from advertising their
skill, but we are bound by no such convention
al rules and think that if we make a discovery
that isof benefit to our fellows, we ought to
we cause to be published throughout the land
the fact that Or. r.. v. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is the best known remedy for
consumption (scrofula of the lungs, and kin
dred diseases. Send 10 cents in stamps for DIR.
Pierce's complete treatise on consumption, with
unsurpassed means of self-treatment: Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, GG3
Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
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Three Rottles cure Catarrh.

l. ELI ROBBINS, Runuan P; O. Columbia Co,
aa.' 1a q Ave wears Old, very badly. i saw DR..
s sage Has ca an9 Remedy advertised, and pro.
cured a bottI for her, and soon saw tnas ls
helped her; a third bottle etIeceea q Pa Pera ana
sound and hearty"
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Daughters. Wives mad NIothsr"
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, 1rse
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ssc-o,,stantly Hawki1ng and spitting.'s

THoMAsJ j.. RUSHING, ESQ, @9oe Pine Street.
st. Louis, Mo-, writes: - was 2 greaa s ! ne,'Id
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the n : 4s;ch !
iiv' / was advised to try DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Kennedy. and / am now a well q | believe
It to be the only sure remedy for eatarr r. now ?. "
man triae fo esip erie Uso astounding results and
a nermancnt cure"
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is the title of a large illustrated treatise, by DIR.
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.,sent to any address
for tencents in stamps. 1t teaches successful
self-treatment.
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Consumption, Scrofula, General Debility
Wasting Diseases of Children,
chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can TO cured
bv the use of ScoTT's EMULSION OF Pure Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. Prominent
Ghwsic;ans ,,se it and testify to its great value.
IIsase read til, following: 81 used SCOTS
Emulsion for an obstinate Cough with Hemor-
rhare. Loss of Appetite, Emaciation, s eep--
Iessness, &c. All of these have nowleft, and !
believe your Emulsion has saved q case Oh
well-developed Consumption I'd FINDLEY'
M. D., Lone Star, Texas.
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aUntold Agony from Catarrln."

Prot. W. HAusNER, the amous mesmerist,
of Ithaca, NJ. Y, writes: Some ten years ago
/ suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
incsIrable, and said l must die. My case was
such a bad one, that every day, towards snndf
set, my voice would become SO h9 ar en ! T
nv coughing and clearing of my tlsds OF aid
almost sszaagie me. By the ussSsaid hSageiss
Catarrh Remedy, in three Renss supsas q wen
mash and the cure has been pernnadent.
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Electricity is a very serious matter, yet
Edison makes light Of it.
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Cur;ously enough the man who is always in
q pickle doesn't psescrve his temper worth u
cent.